UK general elections2017 › Warwick and Leamington

Warwick and Leamington — 2017

Matt Western (Labour Party) was elected with 25,227 votes46.7% of 54,055 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 46.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,055

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Matt Western Labour Party 25,22746.7%−3.3 ptsElected
2Chris White Conservative Party 24,02144.4%
3Nick Solman Liberal Democrats 2,8105.2%
4Jonathan Chilvers Green Party 1,1982.2%
5Bob Dhillon UK Independence Party 7991.5%

Electorate 74,237 · Turnout 72.8% · Majority 1,206 · Back to 2017 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.